What happens when your body is a weapon and your heart is the enemy?
Promising young gymnast Timo and his disabled father Ward share a big dream, to win Olympic gold. But when Timo meets physiotherapist Irene, these new and intense feelings conflict with Timo's dedication to his father and the Olympic 'mission'.
Acting
Hensema's Ward — controlling, pathetic, devastatingly real.
Direction
Hesp frames gymnastics like combat, every stretch a power struggle.
Director
Rogier Hesp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dutch cinema's quiet obsession with damaged masculinity continues; this joins 'Borgman' and 'The Broken Circle Breakdown' in exploring how Northern European restraint curdles into cruelty.
The film deliberately avoids sports-movie triumphalism — Timo's final routine is technically imperfect, which is exactly the point. His body finally belongs to him.
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